Humidifier



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'HUMID F'IER Application filed January 18, 1926. Serial No. 82,130.

This invention relates to improvements in humidifiers. V 1 I The principal object of this invention is to increase the humidity or moisture content of the air delivered to aninternal combus- Another object is to provide a device of this character which may be attached to any standard make of water-cooledv engine, with out materially altering the construction of p the same.

1 tached a carburetor? having the ordinary A still further object is to provide a de* vice of this character which is simple in construction and, therefore, cheap 'tomanufacture, and install. I

. An additional object is to provide'means whereby the possibility of ater entering the engine, in any form other than vapor, 1s. entirely eliminated; 7

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description. o r In the accon'ipanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an internal combustion engine and cooling radiator therefore, having my invention attached thereto, and

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section of my device on an enhirged scale.

Itis a well-known tact that it a proper amount of moisture in the form of vapor may be introduced into an internal combustion engine, the power of the engine Wlll be increased and that the carbon which o rdinarily forms in internal combustion engines will tend to be eliminated, as well as a quieter running motor will result.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preterredembodiment'o) my invention, the

numeral 5 designates an engine as a whole having an intake manifold 6 to which 1s: at-

intake air pipe 8.

A radiator comm-only employed with internal combustion engines is designated by the numeral 9 which is attached to the engine, as by pipes 11 and 12, so as to provide a circuit of the water to and from the engine, My device consists. of a casing 13 wh1ch is attached to the upper portion of the radiator 9 as best shown in Figure 2. Openings 14L and'16 are formed in the radiator and it is preferable to, out the overflow pipe 17 to within approximately one inch of the bottom of the top portion of the radiator, thus bringing the Water level within the radiator at a point below the opening 16.I

It will be noted that the bottom of the casing 18 is formed upon a slant, as shown at 18 so that any water which mlght enter the casing either through the openings 145.01 .16, Will be nnmediately drained back into the radiator.

At 19 I have shown a balile plate extending between the side walls of the casing 13 and at 21 I have shown a V-shaped bailie which is'attached to the casing 1.3, in such a manner as to provide channels 22 and 23 extending from theopcnings 14 and 16 to theinterior of the casing,

At 24: I have shown a pipe which is connected to a nipple 26 extending from the case 13. This pipe has its opposite end con-' nected to the air intake pipe 8. The result ol. this constructlon is that when the Water within the radiator 9 commences to generate water vapor, this vapor is conducted through the openings 14 and 16 in the casing 13, thence through the pipe 24 to the air intake pipe 8, thence into the carburetor and is fed with the gaseous mixture to the respective cylinders of the engine 5.

Itwill thus be readily seen that with this construction, it Will be. impossible to draw any water into the carburetor, due to the inclined bottom ofthe casing 8 and due to the fact that there are two openings 14 and 16, so that even should the water entirely close the opening 16 there cannot be avacuum set up within the device, which would draw the water into the pipe 24, because the top opening 14 would still permit the vapor to pass through the channel 22 and thence through the pipe 24.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewithshown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, andthat various changes in the shape,

size and arrangement of parts may be resorted'to Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

. I-Iavingthus described my. invention, I

claim V I 1 In a device of the character described, the combination with an internal combustion engine, having a radiator attached thereto, a

casing secured to said radiator, a pair of casing so as to form passageways between said first mentioned baffle andthe bottom of said casing, and a pipe extending from said 1 v casing and communicating with the carburetor of said engine.

In testimony whereof I aflix mv slgnature.

ZENON A. LIPINSKI. 

